Welch



(ModeL) G. W. WELUH. NEWSPAPER BINDER] Patented Mar. 17, 1885.

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UNITED 1 STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. WELCH, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

NEWSPAPER-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,159, dated March 17, 1885.

Application filed April 10,1883. (Model) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE VVAsHINGToN WELOH, of Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved Newspaper-Binder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in temporary binders for newspapers, periodicals, and the like, and it has for its object to provide abinder of this character, by which such papers can be conveniently yet firmly bound together from time to time, as they are received, and yet which will remain intact for an indefinite .length of time without liability to become disarranged.

With this end in view my invention consists, essentially, in annealed metallic nails, adapted to be passed through'the papers to be bound, combined with washer and guardstrips, the one serving as a washer, through which the nails are passed, and upon which they are bent down, and the other as a guard or cover for the points or ends of the nails, the two strips being constructed so as to be detachabl y united.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and on which like letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding features, Figure l is a-perspective view of my improved binder, showing the same applied to a book-cover containing a number of periodicals or papers. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken on the line X X of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 a like sectional View showing a modified form of-the binding-nail and means of connecting the washer and strips.

The letter a designates book backs or covers of the ordinary orany approved form, within which is shown a series of newspapers or periodicals. Through these covers and inclosed papers are inserted at suitable intervals metallic bindingnails I), the same being pointed, so as to effect a free entrance, and preferably annealed or softened,whereby they may be readily bent down in the manner to be presently described, and yet capable of being straightened and rebentwithout 1iability to break. A strip, 0, is by preference interposed between the heads of the nails 1) and the adjacent portion of the cover, the prin cipal office being to serve as an elongated bearing. A further strip (designated by the letter (Z) is placed on the opposite side of the cover, through which the binding-nails are passed and bent down, as more clearly seen in Fig. 1, and attached to this strip are a series of clips, f, which serve the purpose of securing the guard-strip g. This strip is preferably constructed of metal, and is of curved configuration in cross-section, so as to be hollow on the under side, and afford a spacefor the points of the binding-nails.

Whenever it is desired to place a new number in the binder, the guard-strip g is to be withdrawn, the nail-points straightened up, and the tile opened, and when the numberhas been put in its place and the cover closed, the nails are bent down again and the guard re turned to its place.

The nails are to be of brass, copper, or other substance, enabling them to bend freely; but in case any should break others may be readily substituted. In some instances the clips f may be omitted, and the edges of the washer-strip d bent, so as to form grooves or ways adapted to receive the edges of the guard-strip g, the same in such instance being turned outwardly for this purpose. If

desired, another sliding cover, 9, may be used over the heads of the nails on the other.

the file or cover a, said guard-strip being se cured by clips f, of the washer-strip d, and the nail-points being bent over on the washer-strip, substantially as described.

3. In a newspaper-binder, the combination, with the cover a and nails 1), of the washer-strip d, perforated as specified, the guard-stri p g,and clips for securing said strips together, as shown and described.

NVitnesses: GEORGE WASHINGTO) WELCH,

G130. A. WILKINs, IV. E. HOOPER. 

